How does The Originals show the development of the vampire genre in Ashes to Ashes? The Originals is a spin-off of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ which is based on a series of novels of the same name. The Originals and The Vampire Diaries are shows that navigate complex themes within the genre of the modern vampire. The show focuses on Klaus the original vampire/werewolf hybrid‚ returns to New Orleans - which his family helped build - to investigate rumours of a plot against him. He finds his former protege
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how the genre theory has changed‚ focusing on specific cinematic genres‚ from drama to science fiction. The genre boundaries progressively faded‚ and the existence of more than one within a film occurred. Therefore genre hybridity became a predominant feature of postmodern worldwide cinema. Around the 1980s‚ hybridity as a notion occurred in Hollywood film industry as well. This essay will discuss and question the relationship between cinematic genres and postmodernism. The emergence of Postmodernism
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verisimilitude. For example‚ narrative action may shift—without explanation or justification— between totally divergent places and/or times. Sometimes a subjective verisimilitude is constructed‚ governed by the subjective states of the characters. CINEMATIC CODES: Tendency to set aside editing conventions aimed at establishing the appearance of spatial (180-degree rule) and temporal continuity (repetitions‚ jump cuts). The editing draws attention to itself. SPECTATOR ESTRANGEMENT: Forces a thinking
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Tim Burton makes unique aesthetically grotesque movies.Vincent Price‚Edgar Allan Poe and even Dr. Seuss influenced Burton.All four of these men had the love of horror in common . Three cinematic techniques that Burton used editing‚ camera angles and music to create an effect. The editing made all the characters look very cool .The camera angles gave us a different perspective to look from .The music made almost everything the characters did so interestingly dramatic.Tim Burton’s unique productions
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Alfred Hitchcock is considered as the king of suspense. Indeed‚ critics have often said that Hitchcock is the least intellectual of filmmakers. The latter‚ however‚ reflected on his work and gave us an art of suspense that could prove as his cinematic art. The Mac Guffin is an original concept in Hitchcock’s movies. The origin of this word comes from an anecdote told by him. He used this story to mock those who demand a rational explanation and perfect consistency for all elements of a film.
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British New Wave Cinema made its appearance during the late 1950’s in the world of European cinema representing Britain as a nation in a socio-political aspect during a time where Britain was divided and defined by social class. Some of the issues portrayed in British new wave cinema are issues such as the economic state of Britain at the time‚ poverty issues‚ employment ‚racism‚ sexual orientation‚ and gender‚ all these as a reality of the country. The representations of these films at the time
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the plagues were abbreviated very much due to the fear of scaring children that watched the movie.(“Dig the Bible - The Prince of Egypt Review”). In conclusion there were many alterations that DreamWorks did to the film so that it may be more cinematic‚ which some feel it is still wrong to change the Word of God. Although it is a good film of fiction‚ I believe that the bible is the one version that we should study and not a Hollywood
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In cinematic performances‚ Death is often portrayed as heartless and also often exemplifies the characteristics of a malevolent character. However‚ contrary to this popular concept‚ the character of death in The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ has a very humane personality‚ with his ability to feel pain‚ sympathy‚ and humor causing him to defy most stereotypes set by other portrayals. In the novel‚ he narrates the life of a girl named Liesel‚ a German citizen who lost her parents and her brother at
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narrative.”(Kermode‚ 2014) Mark Kermode even goes on to say‚ “From its origins… to this state-of-the art 21st-century 3D-CG cinema outing‚ the darkly satirical Apes saga has proved both resilient and flexible.” (Kermode‚ 2014) A. O. Scott describes the cinematic quality of the film as having a type of grave‚ almost brooding beauty about it‚
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are accustomed to today. The era was marked by a new generation of filmmakers‚ who began to move away from tradition‚ and experiment with new concepts‚ genres‚ and technologies in their films (Perno). One filmmaker who greatly contributed to the cinematic modernization in the late 1970s was George Lucas and his immensely popular and innovative 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope. Star Wars not only pioneered many technological innovations‚ was a huge box office success and introduced the concept of the
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